Community Living NG hosts an annual Ladies Night with entertainment, vendors, refreshments and fellowship.
This blood donor clinic is in memory of Dustin Littau who received 150 blood transfusions after his diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome April 2017. After receiving word that there was a stem cell match for a transplant, Dustin got sick with a virus. On his last day, he received 21 blood transfusions. His family and friend's goal is to replenish Canada's blood supply so others can receive the gift of life. Join them on November 4th at the W.B. George Centre from 1:30-8:00 and consider donating your blood in memory of Dustin and so many others who need the gift of life.
On Sunday November 10th come join us at the MERC Hall in Maitland for our 6th Annual Christmas Bazaar in support of Multiple Sclerosis. We will have Vendors, Crafters, Silent Auction, Raffles and a visit from Santa himself. The Event is from 10am-4pm. Come do your Christmas shopping with us
The AGW is thrilled to present its fall exhibition program including the feature exhibition SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut touring to Windsor from The Rooms, Newfoundland. This ground-breaking exhibition is on its final stop in Windsor and AGW is the only Ontario venue. From the AGW collection is also Northern Narratives: Cape Dorset Prints, Recent Acquisitions and the 60th Anniversary: West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Cape Dorset/Kinngait WBEC Studios.
“It has been some time since the AGW has presented an in-depth look at Inuit art” notes AGW Executive Director, Catharine Mastin. “This exciting program is one of the many ways that the Gallery continues to recognize the rich artistic expressions within Indigenous communities. In the feature exhibition, visitors can expect to discover a world virtually unknown to them. In collection exhibitions visitors can expect find some well-known art works and many new ones.”
SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut (pronounced saw-KEE-eye-ook), curated by Dr. Heather Igloliorte is the first major exhibition on the art of the Labrador Inuit. SakKijâjuk — meaning “to be visible” in the Nunatsiavut dialect of Inuktitut — provides an opportunity for visitors, collectors, art historians, and art aficionados from the South and the North to come into intimate contact with the distinctive, innovative and always breath-taking work of the contemporary Inuit artists and craftspeople of Nunatsiavut.
Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a diverse range of Arctic and Subarctic flora and fauna, from which they have produced a stunningly diverse range of work.
Artists from the territory have traditionally used stone and wood for carving; fur, hide, and sealskin for wearable art; and saltwater seagrass for basketry, as well as wool, metal, cloth, beads, and paper. In recent decades, they have produced work in a variety of contemporary art media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, and ceramics, while also working with traditional materials in new and unexpected ways.
Dr. Heather Igloliorte is an Assistant Professor of Aboriginal art history at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research interests centre on Inuit and other Native North American visual and material culture, circumpolar art studies, performance and media art, the global exhibition of Indigenous arts and culture, and issues of colonization, sovereignty, resistance and resilience.
Northern Narratives: Cape Dorset Prints drawn from the AGW collection includes print images from 17 Inuit artists published by the Kinngait Studios Cape Dorset during the late 1950s and into the 1970s. This project focusses on stories of traditional Inuit life exploring themes of hunting, travel, wildlife and the spiritual power of Canada’s North.
Recent Acquisitions features a selection of historical, modern and contemporary art showcasing key areas in which the collection has been developed. Collecting areas include art by artists of Anishnaabe and Inuit ancestry, and art from the Windsor-Essex region and western Canada.
The exhibition, 60th Anniversary: West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Cape Dorset/Kinngait WBEC Studios includes prints and a selection of catalogues documenting the Annual Graphics Collections produced since 1959 by the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative’s Kinngait studio in Cape Dorset. The West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative was established in 1959 in Cape Dorset. The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, containing images produced by Inuit artists in the region.
SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut is presented in Windsor with the support of Rochelle & Bill Tepperman.
Fridays Live! is the official launch for all fall/winter exhibitions on Friday, October 18, 2019 from 7:00–10:00pm. The event is FREE for AGW members and $15.00 for non-members. For more information on the opening weekend events, visit www.agw.ca.
Please join us for a Charity Chili Dinner in support of the Leeds Grenville Chapter of the MS Society on Friday October 25th, 5pm at the Comfort Inn Brockville. The cost is $10 per person which includes a Bowl of Chili, Bun, Side Salad, Coffee, Tea or Pop. There are 2 seatings. The 1st is from 5pm-6:30pm, the 2nd from 6:45pm-8:15pm. Contact Kory Crowder at 613-802-9593 to purchase tickets
Transit Windsor’s service to Detroit will be altered tonight, Thursday, October 17 due to the tunnel closure that starts at 9:00 pm.
The Detroit Windsor Tunnel Corporation will be closing the tunnel from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am to continue their ceiling maintenance, and tonight is the first of four consecutive Thursday night closures. The tunnel will close between the hours of 9:00 pm and 5:00 am on October 17, October 24, October 31 and November 7.
During the closures, the last regular Tunnel Bus service to Detroit will depart from the Windsor International Transit Terminal at 8:00 pm, and the last bus from Detroit to Windsor will depart from the Detroit Tunnel Plaza (Mariner’s Church) at 8:39 pm.
For any special events, the Tunnel Bus will take passengers to the event and the Ambassador Bridge will be used for the return trip home. Passengers are requested to return to the bus stop immediately following the event.
For more information on Transit Service, visit www.transitwindsor.ca, and for information on the tunnel work, visit www.dwtunnel.com
Transit Windsor is providing additional buses for Canadian participants attending the annual Detroit Free Press Marathon on Sunday, October 20. Buses depart Windsor International Transit Terminal (WITT), 300 Chatham Street West, beginning at 5:00 a.m. and run on demand until 5:45 a.m. Return trips from Mariner’s Church stop will depart at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
The fare is $5.00 each way. Customer Service at the terminal will be open at 4:45 a.m. on the morning of the marathon for participants to purchase tunnel bus tickets. You may also buy tickets in advance at the Transit Centre, WITT, downtown Shoppers Drug Mart or municipal Customer Care Centres.
The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel will be closed to all vehicular traffic at 6:45 a.m. and reopen by 10:00 a.m. Therefore, the first tunnel bus trip of the published schedule will leave Windsor at 10:00 a.m., and the bus will stop and drop off passengers only at the tunnel platform next to Mariners’ Church until the streets in downtown Detroit are open to traffic.
Lions fans attending the game at Ford Field:
Due to the routing of the marathon, Transit Windsor will be dropping off football game passengers at the tunnel exit. Passengers can take the People Mover and disembark at the Broadway Station or walk to Ford Field. At the conclusion of the game, passengers will be picked up at the regular stop on Gratiot.
For more information on Transit Service, visit www.transitwindsor.ca, or call Transit Windsor’s customer service at 519-944-4111.
Through a creative and collaborative effort, three organizations are coming together to offer free personal support worker certificate training for qualified students to meet the growing demand for Personal Support Workers (PSWs) in the field. PSWs are essential in helping patients remain at home, assisting in delivering home and community care, and providing services in long-term care and retirement homes.
The growing demand for PSW care is felt in all communities across the Erie St. Clair LHIN region, and this free program is a way for students to access a PSW certificate program at no cost to them. SE Career College of Health and Personal Support Worker (PSW) programs are registered and approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Not only is the program free to students, they will also be paid to attend the course for the first four weeks. For those students who may not want to take the full PSW course, they can graduate as a Home Support Worker (HSW) in four weeks. The location for the course does vary and will move throughout the LHIN region.
The next free program is October 21, 2019 in Leamington and includes:
People interested in the PSW or HSW program can contact any of the three employers to access the free program:
For more information, please contact Shannon Sasseville, Director of Communications, Public Affairs, and Community Engagement at 1-888-447-4468 ext. 7393 or at shannon.sasseville@lhins.on.ca
October 23, 7pm at Olde Walkerville Theatre, twelve of the Windsor area’s best artists will compete across three fast-paced rounds for audience votes and a chance to enter this year’s Art Battle National Tournament. The audience will circle the competitors in each round, and choose their favourite paintings to move forward. After the Final Round, only one Champion will remain and audience members can take home their favourite painting by bidding in our silent auction!
These competitors are a mix of veteran professional artists and emerging talents who want to share their process and talent with a new audience. Featured painters include Gulnaz Turdalieva, who loves “the idea of creating under time restrictions,” as well as Jeff Denomme, who is looking forward to sharing his “fun, character driven art [that] balances cute and scary” with the Art Battle community. Art Battle invites culture enthusiasts, painters, art collectors, art party lovers, and the entire Windsor community to join the experience and vote for the next Art Battle Champion!
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Cardiac Wellness program at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare. This program aids individuals who have suffered a cardiac incident in rehabilitation and provides them with the knowledge to improve their dietary and physical activity levels in order to live with improved health and wellness. This six month program focuses on individuals working together with healthcare professionals to develop a plan of action that best fits each patients’ personal needs. The inter-professional team may include supervisory Physicians, Registered Kinesiologists, Cardiac Rehab Specialists, Registered Dietitians, Nurse Practitioners, and Social Workers.
Art Battle® has been sharing live painting competitions and incredible artistic performances with audiences since 2001. Today, across the country and around the globe, we celebrate live talent by turning a blank canvas into a work of art. Windsor is one of more than 100 cities on 6 continents with tens of thousands of competitors from Brooklyn to Bangladesh, São Paulo to San Francisco, and many more.
Art Battle Windsor welcomes local media and notables to join us on the night of the competition, and to share the stories of this diverse group of talented creators. Anyone interested in applying to be a special voting delegate should email hello@artbattle.com
